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1. Please don\'t mess with the formatting of Pinyin if you don\'t know to type letters with tone-marks, or your computer system is not set up to support them.
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1. Please don\\\'t mess with the formatting of Pinyin if you don\\\'t know how to type letters with tone-marks, or your computer system is not set up to support them.
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2. Don\'t introduce capitalisation in the middle of words to show syllable boundaries. It is obsolete nowadays, and, more importantly, it will create false links within the wiki. e.g. Type \'\'jiānghĂș\'\', or \'\'jianghu\'\' (though omitting tone indicators is deprecated), but not \'\'JiangHu\'\'.
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2. Don\\\'t introduce capitalisation in the middle of words to show syllable boundaries. It is obsolete nowadays, and, more importantly, it will create false links within the wiki. e.g. Type \\\'\\\'jiānghĂș\\\'\\\', or \\\'\\\'jianghu\\\'\\\' (though omitting tone indicators is deprecated), but not \\\'\\\'JiangHu\\\'\\\'.

3. Don\\\'t introduce apostrophes into Chinese words (e.g. T\\\'ang Dynasty or Ts\\\'ao Ts\\\'ao). It is obsolete, and suggests the PunctuationShaker has been used. Don\\\'t use hyphens to separate syllables either.
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